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BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 



BUFFEL-HEADED GARROT. 



Cfanqiila albeofa, JKXYXS. 



Fuli'guta a/heala, BUONAPARTE. 



CJangnla. Clango To- sound as a trumpet. AlbeofaA. diminutive 

 from Albus White. 



TUTS Duck is very common in North America throughout 

 the Union, and has been observed also in California, among 

 the Rocky Mountains, and again in Newfoundland, the Bay 

 of Fundy, and the Fur Countries. 



In our country the 'First on record' of this species, a male, 

 was shot near Yarmouth, in Norfolk, in or about the year 

 1830. A previous one was mentioned by Donovan. In the 

 same county one at Hunstanton, of which the Rev. W. C. 

 Fearon, Vicar of that parish, has been so obliging as to send 

 me word. 



These birds go northwards to breed. 



They dive with great quickness and facility. 



They feed on shell-fish, shrimps, and water-plants. 



The note is a mere croak. 



Male; length, one foot three inches. The bill, which is 

 small and narrow, is bluish black; iris, dark brown, behind 

 it an oval-shaped patch of white, narrow in front, but wider 

 behind, extending to the back of the head. Forehead, bluish 

 black, tinged with rich purple and green. The feathers on 

 the crown are elongated, forming a crest erectible at the 

 pleasure of the bird. It and the neck above, with the exception 

 of the white patch just mentioned, are bluish black, with the 

 same rich tinge of purple and green: the lower part of it 

 white. Nape, greyish; chin and throat, bluish black, tinged 



